Re: Sarah Triplett and Daniel Triplett
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In reply to:
Re: Sarah Triplett and Daniel Triplett
Judy 7/11/00
William Triplett, Pvt. Cherokee Wars
Bounty Land File from the National Archives
Capt. James E. Horton’s Co. 3 North Carolina Militia (Cherokee War)
Mustered In on May 24, 1838 at Franklin, North Carolina.
Mustered out on July 5, 1838 at Ashville North Carolina
State of North Carolina, Wilkes County
On this 6th day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, William Triplett aged 36 years a resident of Wilkes County in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical William Triplett who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Horton in the 3rd Regiment militia or North Carolina volunteers, commanded by Col. John G. Bynum in the expedition for the removal of the Cherokee Indians in the year of 1838.That he volunteered at Howard’s Mill in Wilkes County on or about the 30th day of March AD 1838 for the term of six months and continued in actual service one month and twenty one days and was honorably discharged at Ashville North Carolina on the 5th July AD 1838 as will appear by his original certificate of discharge herewith or by the muster rolls of said company.He make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act passed March 22, 1852 never having received land or made previous application.
WilliamXTriplett
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State of North Carolina, Wilkes Co
On the 27th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid William Triplett aged thirty nine years a resident of Wilkes County and of North Carolina who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical William Triplett who was a private in the company commanded by Captain James E. Horton in the 3rd regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel John G. Bynum in the War with the Cherokee Indians declared on the _____ day of 1838 for the sum of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the sum of forty two days that he has never before made application for bounty land under the act of ______ 1852 and received land warrant for forty acres No ____ which he has legally disposed of and cannot now return.He makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3rd day of March 1855.He also declares that he has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land warrant except the one above named.
WilliamXTriplett
(his mark)